B&C Impact Series

The Impact Series is dedicated to showing how sportsmen, members of the Boone and Crockett Club in particular, saved the wildlife and wild places of the United States. Early members of the Boone and Crockett Club comprised the movers, shakers, and initiators of the American conservation movement. They were hunters, anglers, explorers, lawmakers, soldiers, and above all conservationists. These members established laws that allowed our wildlife resources to flourish. They also protected landscape-scale geologic marvels and American icons like Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Denali, and many, many more. These members may no longer be with us, but their legacy remains. This series aims to honor their accomplishments and remind us of the good work still yet to do.

Taxidermy and the Art of Immortality — B&C Impact Series

A handful of early Boone and Crockett Club members were pioneers in the science and art of modern taxidermy. Their preserved specimens filled museums with animals on the verge of extinction. They hoped an informed public would help them save what remained.

A Living Laboratory: The Club’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch — B&C Impact Series

By PJ DelHomme To mark a century of conservation, Club members wanted a legacy project that would celebrate the Club’s accomplishments while providing a testing ground for big ideas and bold resea...

Like No Other: The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation – B&C Impact Series

By PJ DelHomme Over the last two decades, the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation has become a catch-all term for a conservation system built more than a century ago. The Club and its me...

Monumental Conservation – B&C Impact Series

By PJ DelHomme Boone and Crockett Club members worked passionately to pass legislation in 1906 that would protect sites of cultural and scientific interest, such as Grand Canyon and Olympic Nation...

Researching the Wild – B&C Impact Series

Science and research were cornerstones of the Boone and Crockett Club when it was founded in 1887. Supporting a science-based approach to wildlife research, conservation, and policy remains a focus of the Club today.

Louisiana Black Bears: An ESA Success Story – B&C Impact Series

By PJ DelHomme This is a story that began more than a century ago. It features a rough-riding U.S. president, hunts on horseback, crafty legislation, conservation-minded landowners, fair chase, endang...

Conservation Through Media — B&C Impact Series

In the early 1900s, when America’s conservation movement was in its infancy, Boone and Crockett Club members used media to spread the word about destruction of the country’s wildlife and wild places. In turn, the public pressured lawmakers to support legislation safeguarding those resources.

Roots of Conservation Groups – B&C Impact Series

Conservation doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Achieving grand conservation milestones takes networking, collaboration, patience, and partnerships. Boone and Crockett Club members know that. For this reason, many Club members have been on the ground floor in the formative days of numerous conservation and environmental organizations that still exist today. While this isn’t an exhaustive list of the groups that the Club has helped to get off the ground, it does provide some insight into the far-reaching influence that past and current members have on the community dedicated to the wildlife and wild places we cherish.

North to Alaska! - B&C Impact Series

By PJ DelHomme Gold brought the masses to the Last Frontier in the late 1800s, placing Alaska’s fish and wildlife resources squarely in the crosshairs. Members of the Boone and Crockett Club made it t...

Saving the Last of the Redwoods - B&C Impact Series

There were about two million acres of old-growth redwoods in Northern California before Europeans arrived en masse to the area. Today, only about 110,000 acres of old-growth redwood forest remains. If it weren’t for Boone and Crockett Club members, there wouldn’t be any redwoods left at all.